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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
[Eve Online] The Path From Here to There
Ship-wise, I'm flying an Incursus, which seems to be the best Gallente faction frigate-class combat ship. So far, it's been pretty solid, and has allowed me to complete all the Level 1 missions I've been given.
Skill-wise, I've discovered certificates, which are groupings of related skills. Earning certificates is like a guide to what skills you should pick up. I'm going for what appears to be a standard fighter line, with things like Gunnery and Armor Tanking. Not really sure if this is the best route, but at least it's a direction.
The hardest thing in Eve, I find, is figuring out what goal to set for yourself. Or, if your goal is sufficiently advanced, figuring out the path from you to your goal, what sub-goals you need. The truth is that I don't really know what I want to do in Eve, and as a result I log on, do a couple missions, and then log off.
This is the big advantage of the theme park games. My goal is to get to max level. My sub-goal is to get to the next level. My sub-goal below that is to finish the current quest I am on.
There is a path there that really is not present in Eve. In Eve, even questions like, "should I be moving on to a new solar system" are really hard to answer. How is this solar system really different from the one next to it?
I guess my next goal in Eve is to get and fly a cruiser-class ship. And I can see the skills I need to take to get to that point. What I don't really see is how to afford that cruiser. A level 1 mission pays like 100k ISK. The cruiser costs something like 100M ISK. Am I really to run 1000 missions? Or are there higher paying missions at some point? Or am I expected to take up mining or trading?
I find Eve is extraordinarily opaque when it comes to questions like this. But in some ways that's part of its appeal. Any answer could be the right answer.
I really feel the appeal of a corporation at this point in the game. At least in a corp, someone could give me orders and I could carry out those orders and feel that something is moving forward.
In a lot of respects, I feel the same as when I was a junior programmer. I understood the core concepts, how to program, and how to solve simple problems. What I didn't understand was the jump to large programs, and the larger architecture. That's something I really only learned while working on larger programs, getting a feel for larger systems, and seeing what older and more experienced programmers did.
Basically, it's a lot easier to be a worker bee for a little bit before striking out on your own. You learn so much more that way.
Maybe the answer is that I should join a corp. But here Eve's reputation works against it. It is a notoriously unfriendly community. That makes the whole corporation thing seem even more daunting, especially if you're just playing casually and know you will be unreliable.
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- Anonymous2:30 PM, April 10, 2012
It's very true. Even with all the improvements in the tutorial and the newbie epic mission arc, Eve isn't an easy game to get into. I hope they keep working on that. They already provide those different career tutorials, perhaps expanding that to offer you advice on how you could plan out your future if you wanted to do this or that would help.
You might be looking in the wrong place if a cruiser costs 100m. I think it's more common at the moment for them to be 6-12 for the hull(prices are on an upswing) and some comparable amount for the parts. Either apply to EVE university if you have no clue about what you want to do. Or if you've got an idea of where you want to go, then finding direction in that specific manner is much less intensive than an E-Uni app.
Do you want to get into small gang PvP? You can join Red vs Blue, no questions asked, and within a week, you'll be on dozens of killmails.
Do you want to become a station trading baron? Gevlon has turned to EVE, and runs his own channel to fuel economic discussions.
Do you want be part of the seamy underbelly of EVE? Then you might want to look into Gooning.
Do you want to have a more evolved sense of the PvP mechanics, ranging from T1 Frigate wolfpacks to Armor HAC gangs in 0.0? Agony Unleashed holds a PvP university.
Looking for Wormholes, missions, exploring, or other PvE stylings? There's hundreds of corps out there.
The one place that can't really help you is the one place that EVE dumps all the new players, some State Academy NPC corp.A good place to get a quick eyeball of what something should cost is EVE-Central.
I don't know much about Gallente ships, but I've heard of Vexors, so I'll assume they're a popular Gallente Cruiser. Searching for "Vexor" on EVE-Central takes you to http://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=626 where you can see the cheapest sales are under 4 million ISK. But that's in nullsec. Cheapest high-sec seller is currently 5 million, and there are many for sale in Jita for 6.5 million.Well I'm just gonna first welcome you to EVE and for at least taking the bold step in at least giving the game a shot. As well from a former Paladin to another we are no stranger to each other and if I can make it in EVE you certainly can too....... if you choose to.
Your probably looking at things wrong also. EVE isnt like WoW or any the other MMO's you've played. It isn't going to take you by the hand and guide you to do anything or make you choose to. It's your choice to do, to be, to play however you choose to and most of all to craft your own existence however you see your self existing in New Eden. Whatever you choose to do is always your choice. You have to be self driven or propelled to make or determine how you wish to be apart of life in EVE in all it's different aspects. And they are many to choose from.
EVE is like a journey in the life of any capsuleer and setting goals help you accomplish things you wish to do on that journey in EVE to whatever that ever moving destination is. Funny thing in EVE is the destination is always fluid and always moving be you shape your own ultimate destiny.
Questions as a new player will always be many as well what to do. I would say don't be in a hurry to do anything but give it some time to try out various aspects or careers in EVE trying out various things and see where you feel the cosmic winds lead you.
As far as Cruisers costing 100M your probably looking at something else as Cruises are usually in the 2-6M ISK price range depending on price of minerals to produce plus profit margin.
One the most important thing that will ultimately help you in EVE is finding a good and decent Corporation that will make quite allot of difference to your experience in the game. They are friendly helpful people in EVE dispite what you may have heard.
If you need help for anything in EVE that I can help you with or need help on any way don't hesitate to ask or send me a ingame mai. You can find all that info on my blog and shouldn't be hard for you to figure any of that out anyway.
Hope you find some enjoyment in EVE and give it a fair shot.
Fly Safe!Seems like everyone is starting to play EVE recently!
As others have already pointed out, a Cruiser hull will cost you significantly less than 100Mil. A Vexor should run you around 5-6Mil and you'll want to allow another 2-3Mil on top to properly fit it so that all in you're spending under 10Mil.
Keep in mind that in addition to training the "Gallente Cruiser" skill you'll also want to train "Medium Hybrid Turrets" so that you can fit Cruiser-class weapons. From recent personal experience; I would suggest using Railguns over Blasters. Being able to snipe hostile ships from 20km out can make a significant difference once you start taking on small fleets of NPCs.
A Vexor is a great Drone platform so make sure that you've got "Drones" planned to level 5 and "Scout Drone Operation" planned to at least level 1. This will enable you to have up to 5 Hobgoblin I drones deployed at once which will make short work of enemy Frigates while you focus on the larger targets.
Take a look at EVEMon (evemon.battleclinic.com). It has really helped me to plan out the skills I want to train and to set myself some goals in terms of what I want to be able to pilot.
As to where you get your ISK... It's worth considering training a couple of levels of "Gallente Industrial" and picking up an "Iteron Mk III". Once you have this, take a look at EVE-Central and see what's selling low in Jita and high somewhere like Rens. If you're savvy, you can make a very good rate of return by hauling modules and ammo from one to the other. Just make sure you don't carry too much in a single trip or you'll risk attracting the attention of pirates!


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SAINT-ROMAIN AU MONT, FRANCE, Sept 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A few years back Artprice acquired Xylogic, a Swiss company created by leading scientists in 1987. Xylogic was the only company in the world producing indexes and econometric tools for an extremely powerful art market elite consisting of art experts, international auction firms, and major art collectors (see our reference document – Artprice 2013 – filed with the AMF on July 17, 2014).
Artprice is regarded as the primary "disrupter" of the Art Market (see Trading and IPO's analysis of August 20, 2014): http://goo.gl/vf5WYF
Until now, Artprice has given access to extremely sophisticated data developed by its econometrics and statistics department via its high-end subscriptions. Artprice, world leader in Art Market information, is the only group capable of mining and exploiting a huge volume of market data and producing highly reliable information based on the method of repeat sales. This method consists in meticulously and rigorously tracing the ownership history of artworks in order to calculate their value through the years.
Today, the commercial success of mobile Internet (3.1 billion connections worldwide) fits perfectly with Artprice since its clientele is by nature nomadic and wealthy and needs immediate access to art market information (galleries, auction operators, valuers, etc.). In fact the mobile Internet is expected to account for 80% of Artprice consultations in the very near future. By August 2014, it already accounted for 72% (iOS + Android). On top of that, we have 2.7 billion fixed online connections that often overlap with the mobile connections.
A year ago Artprice decided to accelerate its disruption of the art market (in which it has become an unavoidable player) by asking its econometric department to develop a series of extremely simple applications specially designed for mobile Internet usability. These applications allow Artprice to respond to 70 million art consumers, amateurs, collectors and art market professionals, and not just to the aforementioned elite that used to control the market.
Now, within seconds, a buyer or seller using a smartphone, phablet, tablet or pc can access graphic displays of an artist's price index, the number of works sold per year, his/her annual auction turnover, his unsold rate, the geographic distribution of his sales per country, per price segment or per artistic medium, not to mention an array of more advanced options.
At the same time, he can also compare the artist's valuation to the major stock market indexes like the S&P 500, the DAX, the CAC40, the FTSE, the NIKKEI and the S&P Asia 50.
e.g. : http://www.artprice.com/artist/3416/francois-boucher/index
Indeed over the past 18 years the art market has seen exponential financialization. Most of the world's major private banks and wealth management institutions are clients of Artprice.
To create a shock wave and literally reshape the Art Market (in the sense of the "disruptive economy" described by Clayton Christensen) we needed to condense the market's macro- and micro-economic data so that non-initiates could get access to easily understandable and pertinent information about artists and thus be in a position to negotiate on equal terms with seasoned professionals.
In addition, to generate a truly disruptive and viral economy, a major proportion of these indices are free online, and these indices are today essential features of an artist's online profile in freemium mode (the freemium model provides the basic data in free mode and the value-added data in pay mode) generating an irreversible shockwave to the traditional relationship between art buyers and art sellers. This principle will generate an impressive number of new Artprice members because to get access to this freemium mode information they will need to register with Artprice.
Now, using their smartphones, tablets and PCs, buyers can rapidly obtain summarized and pertinent figures that sellers cannot ignore without risking being destabilized in negotiations. To avoid this, sellers will have to join Artprice to restore a symmetrical information relationship with their customers. For centuries asymmetrical information enabled a highly structured market to buy and sell art with margins that no longer have any economic justification in the 21st century.
Since January 2014, Artprice has accelerated the injection of 80% of its data in online free mode and now provides freeware access to 630 million data covering the period 1700 to the present day (in the form of owner application licenses distributed free of charge but with certain user restrictions) via its agreements with Google (since 2003) and Baidu (China). The same approach has been activated in 2014 with Bing (Microsoft) which has a market share of 18.4% in the USA. So, as of Tuesday, September 2, 2014, the dashboards and indexes will immediately be directed to all these search engines.
http://www.artprice.com (c)1987-2014 thierry Ehrmann
About Artprice
Artprice is the global leader in art price and art index databanks. It has over 30 million indices and auction results covering more than 500,000 artists around the world. Artprice Images(R) gives unlimited access to the largest Art Market resource in the world: a library of 108 million images or prints of artworks from the year 1700 to the present day, along with comments by Artprice's art historians.
Artprice permanently enriches its databanks with information from 4,500 auctioneers and it publishes a constant flow of art market trends for the world's principal news agencies and approximately 6,300 international press publications. For its 3,200,000 members (members log in), Artprice gives access to ads posted by members. This space represents the world's leading Standardised Marketplace(R) for buying and selling art. These sales take place under two systems: either fixed price sales or auction-sales (regulated by paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article L 321.3 of the French Code of Commerce).
Artprice is listed on the Euronext Paris SRD L.O. (Euroclear: 7478 – Bloomberg: PRC – Reuters: ARTF)
Source: Artprice via Globenewswire/ACN Newswire

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More than five years after the financial crisis, the average American is still wary of the stock market, according to a survey released Monday.
The survey of over 1,000 households by Bankrate.com showed that 73% are "not more inclined to invest in stocks."
It was the third year in a row that individual investors expressed a negative view of the stock market.
The survey suggests that average Americans remain wary of Wall Street even though stocks have been in a bull market for more than five years.
After bottoming in 2009, the S&P 500 has more than doubled in value.
Individual investors have a history of buying stocks when prices are high selling when the market falls, often resulting in losses.
But they seem to be avoiding that fate this time around by not buying stocks at all, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
Related: Wealthy investors flock to fine art funds
The difference this time is that individual investors have experienced two major downturns in the past decade. First there was the technology bubble in 2000, then the financial crisis and Great Recession of 2008.
"A lot of individual investors got burned twice and as a result they swore off investing in equities," said McBride.
Instead, he said small investors have been "hunkering down" in more conservative investments, such as bonds and cash, which have returned next to nothing in the past few years.
Data on how much money is flowing into and out of mutual funds reflects this cautious approach. While investors began adding exposure to stocks in the first quarter of 2013, the flow of money into equity mutual funds has since tapered off.
But this strategy is even more risky than investing in stocks for investors saving for retirement, according to McBride.
Related: The real economy is finally doing better than the money economy
"Individual investors are jeopardizing their long-term financial stability over concerns about short-term volatility," he said.
He said the number one risk for investors over the long run is not market volatility but inflation, which severely erodes the value of fixed income assets like bonds.
While stocks are prone to boom and bust cycles, experts say a well balanced portfolio is the best way to grow wealth over a long period of time.
"Investing over period of years in diverse portfolio is the pathway to financial stability," said McBride.


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Genes may play role in educational achievement, study finds
Researchers have identified genetic markers that may influence whether a person finishes high school and goes on to college, according to a national longitudinal study of thousands of young Americans. The study is in the July issue of Developmental Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association.
"Being able to show that specific genes are related in any way to academic achievement is a big step forward in understanding the developmental pathways among young people," said the study's lead author, Kevin Beaver, PhD, a professor at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University.
The three genes identified in the study – DAT1, DRD2 and DRD4 – have been linked to behaviors such as attention regulation, motivation, violence, cognitive skills and intelligence, according to the study. Previous research has explored the genetic underpinnings of intelligence but virtually none has examined genes that potentially contribute to educational attainment in community samples, said Beaver.
He and his colleagues analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, also known as Add Health. Add Health is a four-wave study of a nationally representative sample of American youths who were enrolled in middle or high school in 1994 and 1995. The study continued until 2008, when most of the respondents were between the ages of 24 and 32. The participants completed surveys, provided DNA samples and were interviewed, along with their parents. The sample used for this analysis consisted of 1,674 respondents.
The genes identified in this research are known as dopamine transporter and receptor genes. Every person has the genes DAT1, DRD2 and DRD4, but what is of interest are molecular differences within the genes, known as alleles, according to Beaver. Subjects who possessed certain alleles within these genes achieved the highest levels of education, according to the findings.
Dopamine transporter genes assist in the production of proteins that regulate levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain, while dopamine receptor genes are involved in neurotransmission. Previous research has shown that dopamine levels play a role in regulating impulsive behavior, attention and intelligence.
The presence of the alleles alone did not guarantee higher levels of education, the study found. Having a lower IQ was more strongly associated with lower levels of education. Also, living in poverty and essentially "running with a bad crowd" resulted in lower levels of education despite the genetic effects.
Even though the genetic variants were found to be associated with educational levels, having a specific allele does not determine whether someone will graduate from high school or earn a college degree, according to Beaver. Rather, these genes work in a probabilistic way, with the presence of certain alleles simply increasing or decreasing the likelihood of educational outcomes, he said. "No one gene is going to say, 'Sally will graduate from high school' or 'Johnny will earn a college degree,'" he said. "These genetic effects operate indirectly, through memory, violent tendencies and impulsivity, which are all known predictors of how well a kid will succeed in school. If we can keep moving forward and identify more genetic markers for educational achievement, we can begin to truly understand how genetics play a role in how we live and succeed in life."
More information: "Dopaminergic Polymorphisms and Educational Achievement: Results From a Longitudinal Sample of Americans," Kevin M. Beaver, PhD, Florida State University; John Paul Wright, PhD, University of Cincinnati; Matt DeLisi, PhD, Iowa State University; Michael G. Vaughn, PhD, Saint Louis University; Developmental Psychology, Vol. 48, No. 4.


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All of the conflict resolution processes available at the UR are voluntary and confidential. If an agreement is made between the disputing parties it will be one that was created and agreed to by the students involved in the conflict, not an administrator or other 3rd party. If you would like to speak with a staff member about a dispute you are experiencing you can call the office at (585) 275-4085, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Mediation is a dispute resolution process during which a trained, neutral facilitator meets with parties involved in a conflict and helps them resolve the issue by providing guidelines for communication and ensuring that everyone involved has a chance to speak.
For more information about mediation please see the brochure below or contact the CSCM.
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Restorative Circles is a dispute resolution process based upon the principles of restorative justice. Circles seek to address conflicts by;
- Providing opportunities for dialogue, direct or indirect, between offending parties and those they have harmed by their actions
- Encouraging collaborations between the offending parties rather than isolating them
- Showing respect for all parties including offenders, impacted individuals and facilitators
Restorative circles is used at the University of Rochester when an incident or conflict is impacting a group of community members. Restorative circles is also used in some disciplinary cases involving interpersonal or intergroup conflicts, if the director of the CSCM believes that the traditional disciplinary process is unlikely to be successful at resolving the conflict. For more information about restorative circles please see the brochure below or contact the CSCM.
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Dialogue is a facilitated conversation during which people with different beliefs and perspectives seek to develop mutual understanding about a particular topic. Participants in dialogue often gain fresh perspectives on the conflict and begin to see new possibilities for interaction and action outside of the dialogue room.
At the University of Rochester we use dialogue programs to address issues impacting our community on a large scale. Some examples of topics that have been discussed at dialogue programs at the UR in the past, include, but are not limited to; changes to the alcohol policy, the role of scavenger hunts on campus and how bias related incidents impact our campus.
Conflict Coaching
Conflict coaching is a 1:1 meeting between a CSCM staff member and a student interested in resolving a conflict without the assistance of a 3rd party. During the conflict coaching session, the staff member assists the student in identifying conflict management strategies that are targeted specifically to their particular situation and that can be implemented without a 3rd party facilitator. Not only can conflict coaching assist students in resolving the immediate conflict concerning them, but it can help students develop strategies for more effectively addressing conflict in the future.
Conflict Resolution Training
The CSCM provides training opportunities for students and professional staff members interested in mediation, conflict coaching, restorative circles and general conflict resolution skills. If you or your group is interested in participating in training, please call the office at (585) 275-4085 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A new way to extend battery life would allow smartphones to last three to four times longer on a single charge, Stanford University researchers have found.
A team led by Yi Cui, professor of materials science and engineering, has developed pure metal anode prototypes, which differ from the lithium-ion batteries seen in most devices. The anode is the negative electrode in the battery from which electrons flow to the external area of the battery's circuit.
The capacity of a lithium-ion battery typically depends on how many lithium ions the anode can collect when the battery is charged. Most such batteries use graphite in the anode, a cheap, long-lasting material that has a relatively low usable capacity.
The specific capacity of lithium is more than 10 times as much, the highest potential energy density among metals, but has a short lifespan. It's unlikely researchers could hit a capacity of 10 times a graphite-based battery, since there are other factors that determine the total capacity, but batteries based on the technology could vastly extend the amount of use time consumers get from devices.
Smaller, More Efficient
Harnessing the potential of lithium is likely to lead to smaller, more efficient batteries for use in devices like smartphones and electric cars.
"Battery life is so important to customer satisfaction," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld. "Most smartphones don't have great battery life. When we used to carry low- power wireless phones, the battery would last a week or longer. Today we're lucky if it lasts a day of use."
The main challenge facing battery technology researchers has been that lithium expands unevenly when charging, which could damage the battery's outer shell. Those cracks often let lithium spill and could cause the battery to short circuit.
Explosive Problem
Researchers also needed to find a way to tackle the overheating caused by contact between anode and electrolyte, along with harnessing the intense chemical activity that occurs between the lithium and the electrode, frequently causing it to explode.
Cui's team found a way to develop lithium anodes that keep their capacity for 150 charge-and-discharge cycles and do not explode. Their design uses carbon nanotechnology on the surface of the anode to prevent lithium from seeping from the battery case and stop the explosive chemical reaction.
The team's anode is close to a commercially viable product, but we are still some time away from seeing these battery designs in our smartphones, Cui said.
5-Year Timescale
"I think this is very promising," Cui told TechNewsWorld. "We solved a couple of major problems, but I think there's a few years of research needed. I think we're looking at a five-year timescale."
Meanwhile, Stanford is looking into a license fee for the patented technology so battery manufacturers can make use of it and the revenue could go toward further development, he noted.
"At this phase, it is largely theoretical, but the technology does look very promising, and our ability to manufacture things out of carbon that are very small — like nanotubes — has increased exponentially," said Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group.
"This is both longer battery life and higher-energy capacity," he told TechNewsWorld.
The battery in a Tesla Car is largely what makes it too expensive for most people to buy," observed Enderle, "and the weight of the battery, which is massive, does ugly things to the handling and tire wear. This one improvement could make the [electric] car industry and recreate multiday [smartphones]."


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A dating website for married people seeking affairs has slapped an ex-employee with a countersuit after she accused the company of making her type up hundreds of fake profiles of sexy women.
Ashley Madison is countersuing Doriana Silva on allegations she kept confidential documents, including copies of her "work product and training materials."
The countersuit is filed by Ashley Madison's parent company, Avid Life Media, and seeks to recover the documents as well as $100,000 in damages plus legal costs.
In her statement of defence, Silva says she held on to copies of the fake profiles she created and documents "related to the creation" of those profiles, but denies they are the property of her former employer.
A spokesman for the company says the documents are related to "quality assurance testing" and include profiles created to test the new Brazilian version of the site for "consistency and reliability."
Neither party's claims have been proven in court.
Silva argues she kept copies of her work and training materials and turned them over to her lawyer to use as evidence in trial.
"It was reasonable for Doriana to take steps to preserve the aforementioned documents and others given that Ashley Madison has denied both publicly and in these proceedings that such materials exist at all," the document reads.
Ashley Madison has said that what Silva typed is irrelevant and any allegations of ethical breaches are simply an attempt to make the company look bad.
It previously petitioned the court to strike references to "ethics" and "unethical practices" from the statement of claim, but a judge found the references necessary to describe "the factual context in which the injuries were sustained."
The legal battle began when Silva — a Brazilian immigrant living in Toronto — sued Ashley Madison, saying she had damaged her wrists and forearms typing up 1,000 "fake female profiles" for a new Portuguese-language version of the site.
The profiles didn't represent actual members of the site or any real people, but were meant to "entice paying heterosexual male members to join and spend money on the website," she alleges in her suit.
She was led to believe it was a normal practice in the industry, but would have turned down the assignment had she been aware of the "ethical and legal issues" at play, the claim says.
The amount of typing required to complete the work in the three weeks allotted caused injuries that made it impossible for Silva to do her job and she has been unable to work since 2011, the document says.
Silva also alleges company brass ignored her complaints.
She is seeking $20 million for what she calls the company's "unjust enrichment" at her expense.
Ashley Madison disputes the allegations.
In its statement of defence, the company says Silva waited until the day after her probation period ended in June 2011 to mention her purported injuries, then took more than six months off as she sought treatment in Brazil.
Her leave was initially expected to last only three weeks, but Silva continued to extend it, citing the advice of various specialists, the statement says.
Management proved supportive throughout, and told Silva the company would hold a position for her until she returned, the document says.
In January 2012, Ashley Madison received a letter from Silva's lawyer saying she couldn't go back to work until June, it says.
The letter also requested a "large lump sum payment" to make up for the wages Silva lost during her leave, as well as a weekly payment "nearly triple her gross salary" until she received medical clearance to return, the company alleges.
It says Silva filed the suit when her demands went unmet, and has since "led a very active, carefree and fulfilling life," which the company says would not be possible if she were truly injured.
"Ms. Silva has made repeated visits to various beaches (both domestic and foreign) where, among other things, she has participated in many physical activities including but not limited to jet-skiing," the statement reads.
"Additionally, despite the allegation that Ms. Silva remains unable to keyboard, Ms. Silva has maintained a very active presence on the Internet," by emailing friends and family, updating her Facebook account and participating in other social media, the document says.


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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to point out that the Antaiji website has moved. Its new address is: http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/index.shtml. (If you go to the sitemap there are also links for various other languages.)
If youre not familiar with it, its IMHO definitely worth having a look at. In addition to some classic Zen texts there are also translations/book excerpts/articles from Sawaki Roshi, Uchiyama Roshi and the current abbot, Muho Nölke. Nishijima Roshi (Jundos teacher) also practiced under Sawaki Roshi, who was a major influence to our big happy Soto Zen family, for those who may not be familiar with him.


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It was the Annual Speedfest at 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas.
By Don Cook
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
281 Speedway (Stephenville)
September 29 (Sunday)
It was the second of two nights for the Annual 281 Speedway Speedfest. Several area tracks were rained out this weekend, but 281 Speedway was able to get in full programs Saturday and Sunday.
Ben Ketteman was the IMCA Modified feature winner.
IMCA Modified Winner: Eighteen IMCA Modifieds started the feature. Ben Ketteman, No. 37, managed to hold off John Gober, No. 52, for the feature win. Joe Spillman, No. 444, was a close third, Randy Martin, No. 373, was fourth and David Davis, No. d02, was fifth.
Joe Spillman had a strong run to finish third.
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IMCA SportMod Winner: In another close finish, "Extreme Graphics" Brad Shirley, No. 00, defeated Gabe Tucker, No. 95, to take the feature win. Devin Burgesses, No. 64, was third, James Holder, No. 99, was fourth and Jeff Reynolds, No. 40, was fifth.
To view a video of the IMCA SportMod feature, click below:
IMCA Stock Car Winner: Gabe Tucker, No. 28, was the feature winner. Kirt Martin, No. 69, was second, Charles Cosper, No. 33c, was third, Matt Guillaume, No. 50, was fourth and Dennis Bissonette, No. 07d, was fifth.
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IMCA Hobby Stock Winner: Veteran Andy Roller, No. 63, was the feature winner. Billy Taylor, No. 46, was second, Barrett Hutchinson, No. 43, was third, Brandon Gaddis, No. 38, was fourth and David Brown, No. 16, was fifth.
To view a video of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature, click below:
Street Stock Winner: Jackie Heftie, No. 11j, was the feature winner. Tom McGaha, No. 11, was second, Steve Wade, No. 8w, was third, Frank Lackey, No. 41, was fourth and Martin Gartman, No. 15, was fifth.
To view a video of the Street Stock feature, click below:
Jr. Mini Stock Winner: Kamera McDonald, No. 62k, was the winner. Weston Abbey, No. 12, was second, Blake Clark, No. 88, was third.
Sport Compac Winner: Race was cancelled after Tiffany Lancaster, No. 41, was injured during the feature.
Tiffany was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
Race track is a semi-banked, 1/4-mile, dirt oval.
It was a beautiful day to watch the races.
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Jodie Foster plays an astronomer convinced that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists in the movie "Contact".
WASHINGTON - Sorry, E.T. lovers — the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.
The White House made the unusual declaration in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign on.
In this case, more than 5,000 people signed a petition demanding that the White House disclose the government's knowledge of extraterrestrial beings, and more than 12,000 signed another petition seeking formal acknowledgement of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.
In response, Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy wrote that the U.S. government has no evidence that life exists outside Earth, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted any member of the human race.
"In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye," Larson wrote.
But he didn't close the door entirely on a close encounter of an alien kind, noting that many scientists and mathematicians believe that, statistically speaking, odds are high that there is life somewhere among the "trillions and trillions of stars in the universe" — although odds of making contact with non-humans are remote.
It's not the first petition to force the White House to engage on a somewhat off-beat topic since the "We the People" webpage was unveiled in September. The White House also has been forced to explain why it can't comment in response to a petition demanding "Try Casey Anthony in Federal Court for Lying to the FBI Investigators" (because it's a law enforcement matter).
And various petitions demanding legalization of marijuana have gathered more than 100,000 names, to which the White House argues that marijuana is associated with addiction, respiratory disease and cognitive impairment, and legalizing it would not be the answer.
The White House also has addressed topics including gay marriage and student loan debt.
When the website debuted, the White House promised to respond to any petition that garnered 5,000 or more signatures within 30 days, but it's now raised that threshold to 25,000.


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Raspberry Pi? Buying frenzy crashes website
A new British computer that costs a mere £22 ($35) has experienced such high levels of demand that its website crashed.
Launched this morning at 6.00 am GMT, the credit-card sized Linux computer immediately sold out -- crashing not only the official launch website but also other manufacturers that sell the machine.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has had to replace the original website with a static page offering details of sales partners and offering updates via its @Raspberry_Pi Twitter account. The website message reads:
"We've temporarily changed to a static site, while we're experiencing a very high level of traffic for the launch of the Raspberry Pi. The full site will return once traffic levels have subsided, hopefully later on today."
Today's sales were limited to one per customer, so as many people as possible could purchase one of the devices.
The high demand for such a machine is uncommon in the relatively quiet tech sphere in the UK, of which the first model was originally intended purely for developers to write software that can be used on the machine.
Rather than simply developers attempting to purchase it, the general public also want to own their own device -- which has caused the shutting-down of the launch site due to such overwhelming demand.
The scheme, years in the making, is aimed at encouraging children to learn how to both control and program computers -- potentially helping to bridge an ever-widening skills gap in the technological and business industries. At such a small price (and perhaps even cheaper if bought in bulk), many schools would be able to purchase a number of them for students to use.
The younger generation may be considered more tech-savvy than their elders, however, knowing how to access social networks or use Microsoft Office applications does not necessarily equate to knowing how the software actually works -- a skills gap that many businesses and organisations are now coming across.
The Raspberry Pi is sold uncased and comes with a USB port for a keyboard, an Ethernet port, SD card slot, a HDMI port for video and is able to run a number of systems. In order to use the Raspberry Pi, users must supply their own keyboard and screen.
The $35 version runs as a Linux computer with 256MB RAM -- although a £16 ($25) version is in the making and will be available later in the year.
Created by volunteers, mainly from technological and academic circles, the Raspberry Pi Foundation hopes that it will help inspire children to learn how to program. The charity was set up by Eben Upton, who thought up the idea five years ago after becoming concerned over the lack of knowledge displayed by university applicants in the fields of computing and programming.
It is hoped that the strong community of developers and enthusiasts now surrounding the Raspberry Pi will develop additional software and perhaps other avenues in which the device can be used.
Within a month, the company hope they will be able to take batch orders for the computers with two manufacturers, Premier Farnell and RS Components. As the Raspberry Pi Foundation has entered into licensing agreement with the two manufacturers, production will be scaled to meet demand -- and if we take the launch day into account, that is likely to be beyond the charity's expectations.


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Psych Central - a website to watch
I ran into the Psych Central website this year. I am following their blog and it had interesting topics daily.
This is a compilation of their best blog posts and articles throughout 2012 and it's worth digging into:
Hope you all have a great new year 2013!


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In his first fiction film, The King (co-written with Monster's Ball author Milo Addica), Marsh goes slumming in the bland suburbs of Corpus Christi, Texas. There, without even trying, he discovers a stern cowboy preacher named David Sandow (an almost unrecognizable William Hurt), who has a handlebar mustache sprouting from his face and a nasty streak of fascism deep inside him; and a drifty young punk named, well, Elvis (Mexican star Gael García Bernal, spouting accent-perfect American English), who pops into town after a three-year hitch in the Navy to announce that he's the good reverend's illegitimate son. Dear old Dad, if that's what he really is, wants nothing to do with this unexpected news (bad for business), and, once thwarted, Elvis undertakes his own reign of terror seducing his clueless, sixteen-year-old half-sister, Malerie (Pell James); stabbing his guitar-strumming, sweetly sanctimonious half-brother, Paul (Paul Dano); and otherwise playing the snake set loose in the garden. The film seems to take as much amoral pleasure in its protagonist's gory misdeeds as he does. Evidently, the self-righteous Sandows all have it coming.
By all accounts, Marsh has absorbed classic crazy-killer thrillers like Psycho, The Night of the Hunter and Badlands, but The King isn't likely to join such esteemed company. The movie's atmospheric surfaces are just right, even hypnotic the sun-scorched strip malls of a South Texas port town, stunned rapture on the faces of Reverend Sandow's congregation, the sickening slap of a severed deer's head dumped into a plastic bucket when the Sandow men return from a bow hunt. But Marsh and Addica make too easy a target of Texas-style Christian fundamentalism, and in their zeal to combine incest, religious hypocrisy and bloody murder in a purse of melodrama, they forget all about motive. The assorted outbursts of the troubled Elvis, who we early on behold with a rose clenched in his teeth, may be triggered by the competing urges to torture and win over his putative father. But there's no workable way to fill out this blank slate. Is Elvis an inverted idealist? A dead soul? An outright lunatic? Is he actually capable of love? Forget about the attractions of dramatic ambiguity or the movie's insistent Cain-and-Abel echoes: Marsh simply doesn't give us enough to go on, emotionally or psychologically, to get a fix on Elvis. By the time the credits roll, we understand no more about him than we did in the beginning, except that he represents some sort of amorphous evil, full of con and bereft of conscience. So what, The King carelessly asserts. Shit happens.
Given that failing, the blustering evangelist is the more compelling character, if only marginally. The harsh patriarch of a rigid Christian household (son Paul dutifully campaigns for the addition of "Intelligent Design" to his school's curriculum), Reverend Sandow struts around in camouflage fatigues and a dirty straw cowboy hat in his off time, but beneath his chicken-fried machismo, Hurt convinces us that he's genuinely tormented by his sinful past and genuinely anguished about man's capacity for forgiveness. If, in the wake of young Paul's mysterious disappearance, the Rev effects an uneasy alliance with Elvis, we also grasp that he's trying to make peace with his own demons. Bernal, star of The Motorcycle Diaries and Amores Perros, enjoys no such advantage. The magnetic young actor gives it his all, but Elvis remains an unfinished picture, a kind of nihilist caricature. If James Marsh sees this repugnant creature as the embodiment of irrational American violence and it's hard to avoid that inference the filmmaker at least has a responsibility to get some of the guy's ethical, moral and mental details right. After all, even bastards deserve a square deal in the end.


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This interview has an exclusive character, being part of the Exclusive Collection of Interviews of the Masonic Press Agency. The printable format of the interview (for Grand Lodges only) will be available at the end of this week and will include information about Alicia TOYOS. The republication (total and/or partial publication) of this interview is strictly prohibited.
Freemasonry has always been a Brotherhood of free and good-standing men. The emergence of the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster in 1717 marked the birth of the Speculative Freemasonry in its institutional form as we know it today. Two centuries later England hosted the first Women's Grand Lodge in the world.
Today, in the 21st century, the Woman Freemason and Women's Grand Lodges in Europe and Latin America enjoy development and represent a reality of Universal Freemasonry, even if the moment has not come for the Grand Lodges of tradition (male Grand Lodges), to recognize them. Despite this reality, there are regular Grand Lodges which admit the existence Women's Grand Lodges in their jurisdiction and, in some cases, work with them in the philanthropic, social and cultural sector.
For the first time in the history of the Masonic Press Agency a woman, a woman Freemason, the first (woman) Grand Master of the first Women's Grand Lodge in the history of the Republic of Uruguay, Alicia TOYOS (Immediate Past Grand Master, Serene Grand Master of Honour ad vitam) was interviewed. This interview is part of the Exclusive Collection of Interviews of the Masonic Press Agency.
Most Worshipful Sister, why Feminine Freemasonry and not Mixed (Co-Masonry)?
Before 2004, in Uruguay there were male and mixed Lodges. Detecting the desire of many women to work exclusively with other women, a great Freemason and I started working on the formation of Feminine Lodges.
Who is the main leader of Feminine Freemasonry in Latin America?
I do not think there is a leader in Latin America. Each Grand Master, in a certain moment, is the leader of her jurisdiction.
Do the Feminine Grand Lodge of Chile offer Light to the Feminine Grand Lodges in Latin America?
No, the Feminine Grand Lodge of Chile conferred regularly in Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Cuba and Panama. Other Latin American countries have received Light from other Obediences.
In 2012, the Feminine Grand Lodge of Uruguay celebrated five years of existence and this year celebrates 8 years. How many Feminine Lodges there are and how many Women Freemasons has the FGLU?
In April 2015 takes place the kindle of Light of Acacia Lodge #15. Overall we have 500 Sisters.
Which is the procedure for founding a regular Feminine Grand Lodge Feminine?
The steps taken by us were, first, to approach the Feminine Grand Lodge of Chile, which already conferred regularly in Bolivia and Argentina and, shortly, already had international fame and after that it was founded in 2004 the first Feminine Lodge in Uruguay. In 2006 it was founded the second and the third in 2007, giving us the right to receive a Constituent Charter for our Grand Lodge.
What is the difference between a regular and irregular Feminine Grand Lodge?
The difference, in almost all cases, lies in its origin. Many Obediences are formed due to dispute between Sisters and dissidences form another Grand Lodge without following the steps of regularity, and this leads to an abundance of Obediences thus created.
Other cases are those in which they do not comply with the precepts that traditionally define Freemasonry.
What is the relationship between the Feminine Grand Lodge of Uruguay and the Grand Lodge of Freemasonry of Uruguay?
And how does this bilateral relationship manifests? The relationship between the two mentioned Obediences is one of respect, cordiality outside the Temple and joint social work.
We know that now you are working in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Who gives you these high grades?
Just as Chile has given us regularity, in the same spirit, France, thanks to many trips made to Paris, gives us the High Degrees.
What is the relationship between the Feminine Grand Lodge of Uruguay and Feminine Grand Lodges of England and France?
Regarding the Feminine Grand Lodge of England, we have relationships with our Sisters in Scotland that we met on our trip to Rosslyn Chapel in 2012.
With the Feminine Grand Lodge of France we have a strong relationship. We signed a Treaty of Amity and Mutual Recognition, we received twice the visit of Grand Master Catherine Jeannine-Naltet and we visited five times the Feminine Grand Lodge of France.
When can we speak of a Feminine Supreme Council in Uruguay?
In 2016, the Sisters of Feminine Supreme Council of France will come to Uruguay to found the first Lodge of Perfection and after the group of Masters strengthens they will come again to establish the Feminine Supreme Council of Uruguay.


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After you've taken the plunge and decided to learn how to etch your own circuit boards, you'll quickly find even the simplest boards are still out of your grasp. This is due mostly to the two-layer nature of most PCBs, and turn making a homemade Arduino board an exercise in frustration and improving your vocabulary of four-letter words.
After looking around for an easy-to-manufacture single-sided Arduino board, [Johan] realized there weren't many options for someone new to board etching. He created the Nanino, quite possibly the simplist Arduino compatible board that can be made in a kitchen sink.
Billing it as something between the Veroduino and the Diavolino, [Johan]'s board does away with all the complexities of true Arduinos by throwing out the USB interface and FTDI chip. A very small parts count makes the Nanino much less expensive to produce in quantity than even the official Arduino single sided board.
For an introduction to etching your own PCBs at home, we couldn't think of a better first board. As an Arduino, you're guaranteed to find some use for it and the ease of manufacture and low parts count makes it the perfect subject for your hackerspace's next tutorial series.


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I've come across a number of surnames of the form Levi-[Something]:
- Tullio Levi-Civita was from an Italian Jewish family.
- Claude Lévi-Strauss was from an Alsatian Jewish family.
- Rita Levi-Montalcini was from an Italian Jewish family.
Does Levi- as the first half of a surname generally derive from (or is it) an indication of a Levite family? (I'm asking in general, not about those three families specifically.)


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US Presidential Envoy Sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky's Trial
5 years agoon
HELSINKI — American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U.S.-Swedish diplomacy.
Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused with two others of beating a 19-year-old man in Stockholm on June 30. Prosecutors played video footage in court that showed Mayers throwing a young man to the ground.
The Grammy-nominated artist's extended detention prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to personally intervene on his behalf earlier this month. Mayers nevertheless remained behind bars, angering Trump.
Swedish news agency TT said Trump sent the U.S. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to Stockholm to monitor the court proceedings and to show support for Mayers.
The special envoy, Ambassador Robert O'Brien, was seen at Stockholm District Court in the morning. A biographical statement on the State Department's website says O'Brien "leads the U.S. government's diplomatic efforts on overseas hostage-related matters."
"He works closely with the families of American hostages and advises the senior leadership of the U.S. Government on hostage issues," the website states.
An Effort to Convey Trump's Concern About the Case
A senior U.S. official in Washington described O'Brien's presence as part of an effort to convey Trump's concern about the case, support American citizens "and, to, hopefully, bring them home." The official spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because they were not authorized to discuss it by name.
Fellow rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan told The Associated Press on Friday he was concerned about A$AP Rocky and "disappointed that a judge cannot discern that this is not a man you hold hostage."
A$AP Rocky's mother, Renee Black, also attended the proceedings. She said beforehand she was convinced her son is not guilty,
"This is a nightmare," Black was quoted by Swedish media as saying.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers presented competing narratives on the trial's opening day of what happened the night of the fight.
Prosecutors said 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari and a friend got into an argument with Mayers and one of his bodyguards near a fast-food restaurant where the rapper's entourage had eaten.
Mayers has published videos on his Instagram account that showed him repeatedly pleading with the two to stop following him and his associates.
A$AP Rocky Has Encountered Violent Situations Before
Defense lawyer Slobodan Jovicic stressed Tuesday that the rapper and his entourage "didn't want any trouble" and alleged that Jafari and his friend had exhibited "aggressive and deeply provocative behavior."
A$AP Rocky previously encountered violent situations because of his fame and "there are some people who don't always wish him well." Jovicic said.
Prosecutors alleged in court documents that Mayers and the two other men thought to be part of his entourage beat and kicked Jafari while he was on the ground.
Jafari also was hit with parts of or a whole bottle, they alleged. The court file includes photos of Jafari's cuts, bruises and blood-stained clothes.
Another lawyer representing A$AP Rocky in Sweden, Martin Persson, told public broadcaster SVT he would present evidence showing "no bottle has been used to hit or injure anyone."
Any physical aggression by Mayers and his co-defendants was "within the limits of the law," Persson said.
His Case Draws Attention of American Celebrities
The trial is expected to continue with witness testimony on Thursday and could run through Friday, Stockholm District Court.
Mayers, along with two men thought to be members of his entourage, was jailed on July 3 and remains in custody.
His case has drawn the attention of American celebrities and Mayers' fellow recording artists, including Sean "Diddy" Combs and Justin Bieber. A social media campaign for his release, #JusticeForRocky, was created soon after his arrest.
Trump also weighed in, asking for a phone call with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and offering to personally guarantee A$AP Rocky's bail. The two leaders spoke, and the prime minister's spokeswoman said Lofven stressed he couldn't interfere in a legal case.
Sweden doesn't have a bail system, so Mayers stayed behind bars despite Trump's vouching for him. After prosecutors filed charges Thursday, Trump took to Twitter to criticize Lofven "for being unable to act."
"Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM," Trump added. "We do so much for Sweden but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Sweden should focus on its real crime problem! #FreeRocky."
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BREAKING NEWS, EVERYBODY! In an unprecedented, archeologically impossible turn of events, scientists have unearthed a slew of correspondence between Italian assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze and everyone's favorite Dark Knight, The Batman.
You have questions! How is this even possible? Was there time time travel (duh)? Did these conversations happen via email or IM or were the letters (gasp!) on dead tree paper scented with vanilla perfume? WAS THERE SEXTING? We don't know. The Pentagon has most of this information on lockdown, but fortunately for us, some bits and pieces of content were leaked. My pet theory involves Nicholas Cage and a few plucky cohorts deciphering some tricky masonic symbols on an old pigeon coop in Constantinople, but I am no sciencer, so what do I know?
On to the juicy bits!
Ciao Batman,
Things here in Roma have been, how do you say, "shitty" these last few months. Oh, the day to day grind of swinging from one rooftop to another rooftop, missing a ledge and falling on a peasant woman who comments on the tightness of my pants is, eh, amusing I suppose (if tedious), but I mostly speak of the longing in my heart to share with my brother in revenge the exhilaration of targeting an organized crime boss and swooping down on him with deadly force from above. Only you and I understand what this is like, eh brodiccio? And maybe Bella Kittywoman but I don't think she knows I exist. Has she mentioned me at all? Anysassin, I have been eating molto pizzas and missing you. So hard.
(Rome, Italy c. 1489)
Dearest Ezio,
Ciao. I'm Batman. HA! Como estai cugino? Did I say that right? I've been taking some Berlitz classes in the small amount of time I have between almost murdering people and squatting on gargoyles. Learning your language makes me feel…closer to you. Oh! I made you a mixtape. I hope you don't read too much into it (but I also hope you do, if you know what I mean). I just love music and you and… god… I've already said too much. What is it about you, Ezio, that makes me bare my soul like this – make a fool of myself even? Being with you is like looking into a mirror. A very handsome, deadly, hooded mirror. Oh! Come to Gotham City, my friend! Let me show you my world. I'd love nothing more than for you to meet Commissioner Gordon and Two Face and oh… all my friends. Except Robin. I'm afraid… well… I'm embarrassed to admit this but I don't want to share you with him.
Do you like caves? Asking for a friend. Ha!
Dark love,
(Gotham City, Wayne Manor c. 2004)
Bello Batman,
Your last missive struck my heart like an arrow shot by a rooftop guard wearing a fancy plumed hat. To know that a man I respect and care for seems to feel the same way towards me, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, well… it rocks my world, mi amore. I wish you had been here today. I met a man in Istanbul who taught me how to use a semi-taught line of rope to "zip" from one high place above the city to another. I know you have a similar apparatus (heh) hanging from your belt (HEH) you use to latch onto your tall buildings and pull yourself up high. I thought to myself as I zipped along, "If only the Batman and I could do this together, my life, she would be complete". Please tell me you feel the same.
I heart you.
(Istanbul, Turkey c. 1501)
I'm no good for you. I destroy everything I touch. Like Mr. Freeze. I froze him inside his suit and then I touched him and he cracked and oh god, it was awful. Stay away from me. Our love, like this correspondence, can not truly exist. Leave me to my caves and gargoyles and the night. Live on in the sun, Ezio. Be my light. Oh! Did you like the mixtape? I threw that one Bon Iver song in there as a joke but I actually think it's pretty.
(Gargoyle atop the GCPD, 2011)
Oh, no! What happens next? Will we ever know? Is Ezio's heart just shattered to bits? OH GOD THIS IS THE WORST. I really hope more letters are found soon, don't you, guys? Do not fail me, science. Just… do not.


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United African Organization is a dynamic coalition of African community-based organizations that promotes social and economic justice, civic participation, and empowerment of African immigrants and refugees in Illinois.
Our Goals
- Build leadership and organizational capacity of the community
- Advance public policies to increase opportunities and support for immigrant and refugee integration
- Ensure that African immigrants and refugees have an active role in multiple civic arenas
- Promote community development and access to social services
- Serve as a viable model of African unity and action
Program Highlights
UAO offers a broad range of programs designed to empower and meet the growing needs of the African immigrant and refugee community in Illinois. Below are some highlights.
To learn more about UAO initiatives and programs, please contact us at 312-949-9980, email: firstname.lastname@example.com or:
Leadership Development
The Leadership Development Program offers a series of monthly workshops and ongoing technical support aimed at enhancing community leaders' skills and capacities to become effective advocates in their communities.
Civic Engagement
UAO holds citizenship workshops every month, and promotes opportunities for civic engagement.
Organizing & Outreach
UAO speaks out, marches, researches and organizes on issues affecting the African community. We believe that organizing the community for social and economic justice promotes civic participation and access to opportunities.
Family Services
UAO serves as the information and resource clearinghouse of the African community to enhance access to social services and safety-net programs for immigrants and refugees.


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Time for the August edition of The 12 Kits of Occasions!
Michele Ferguson, I Card Everyone, is our hostess this month with a delightful kit full of pretty paper, embellishments and get well wishes!
I got a rather late start on my kit this month with so much going on around the house between more unpacking and purging and getting things ready for my two kids to head up to Laurentian on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
I did manage to get a few cards together and hope that I can get even more made once the excitement of the week settles down.
Be sure to pop over to the 12 Kits blog so you can hop around to see the rest of the team!


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The people carrier concept is not appealing to everyone. There are many compromises involved despite the benefits. Handling is compromised and loadspace can be compromised as well. The compact estate can be a better solution. Chevrolet's Lacetti boasts good levels of equipment, a reasonable amount of space, and a decent price without sacrificing all style.
For people who don't have children and who don't need a lot of extra space the traditional estate car has much to offer. The compact estate is probably the most forgotten of all the classes despite the advantages associated with them.
Chevrolet is quickly becoming a viable alternative to paying top dollar amounts for Ford and other major brands. Chevrolet is a relatively unheard of brand outside of North America.
The Chevrolet Lacetti boasts good equipment levels and is very refined. The car delivers much more than expected making for a pleasant surprise. Buyers will not be disappointed in the car or its abilities. The Lacetti is a very viable alternative to an MPV for buyers who desire practicality but who don't need the seating that an MPV delivers.
The car comes with an inexpensive asking price, low insurance costs and decent fuel economy. These combine to make the Lacetti Station Wagon a relatively economical venture. The car should also prove to be reliable as well.
The Lacetti Wagon provides a decent amount of room for its compact size. The rear seats split 60/40 and fold down to create a larger load space. The car comfortably seats four adults with plenty of head and legroom. The car should be fairly comfortable, even on longer trips.
The car's main dials are large and clear, while the centre console controls are easy to use. The lay-out is very simple and straightforward. The car's controls all function well and do what they should, but they do feel a little out dated.
The car provides more than adequate levels of comfort. At lower speeds, tyre, wind and engine noise are kept to a minimum. The cabin's seats are very comfortable and head, leg and elbow room is more than adequate for both front and rear seat passengers.Access to the car's cabin is very good for front seat passengers. The car's doors open widely and shouldn't pose a problem for most passengers. The rear seats are easy to access for most average sized passengers, but larger passengers may have more difficulty. Access to the car's boot is excellent. The tailgate provides a large aperture and the load lip is low enough that loading cargo is easier.
Parking the Lacetti is a relatively simple process. Light power steering coupled with good visibility helps out a lot, especially in tight spaces. Judging the car's extremities is also easy and makes parking the Lacetti less of a worry.
Life Style
The Lacetti is designed to appeal to buyers with tighter budgets, but still manages to offer a lot even at bargain prices. The car's steering boasts plenty of assistance but the overall feel is weightier than some of its rivals. The gearshift is smooth and driven sensibly the car delivers a smooth, quality ride. The 1.6 petrol engine functions well and only seems to struggle when pushed hard.
The Lacetti Station Wagon could be used as a family car for a small family. makes a lot of sense. The car offers a more practical boot than a five-door hatch and could handle the responsibilities of family life quite well. The car would only work while the kids were small though and would be an inexpensive option for a young family.
There are several features that make the Lacetti a good choice as a first car. It's affordable, practical, smaller and easy to drive. The car may not be as stylish as other rival brands, but when the costs are added up it makes a lot of sense for a newly licensed driver.
The Lacetti boasts solid build quality at an affordable price. The car's cabin is comprised of decent materials and doesn't look cheap with the exception of an over abundance of grey being used. Chevrolet, is not seen as a high-class brand and buyers will find the Lacetti appealing because of its price and solid build quality.
Security and Safety
The car's standard safety features include an engine immobiliser, remote central locking plus a retractable cover for the load bay. Also included is the small but useful oddment tray under the front passenger seat. The stereo unit can also be removed as an extra deterrent.
The car's standard safety features include four airbags, twin front and side, front seat belts with pretensioners, and Isofix child seat mounting points in the back seats, and anti-lock brakes.
The Finishing Touches
The car's standard audio system includes a decent set-up, even if it is slightly below the standards of its competitors. The system delivers adequate sound quality and includes steeringwheel mounted controls for the driver's convenience.
The car's exterior looks more flattering in a light metallic hue. This will make the car more noticeable and give it a more expensive feel too. The cabin is comprised of mostly light grey plastics with light grey seats as well. This colour scheme seems to be the biggest telltale sign of the car's budget origins.
Chevrolet's Lacetti Wagon offers a viabled alternative to the traditional small people carrier. For buyers who need more space than a conventional hatch the compact estate is a good alternative. The Lacetti's low price and decent equipment levels provides excellent value for money. If you are after a new Chrvrolet Lacetti, go to New Car Quote for a price.


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Stanley Classic Vacuum Insulated Growler [Green] + Hands on Review
Classic Vacuum Insulated Growler by Stanley.
Features vacuum insulated body and foam insulated lid to keep beer cold for hours. Made of 18/8 stainless steel and BPA free. The heavy duty handle makes it easy to carry and allows you to pour smoothly with one handle. Steel inner lid means no plastic is in contact with your beer. Dishwasher safe. I have this growler and it's awesome. See: Hands On: Stanley Classic Vacuum Insulated Growler! – includes temperature trials.
Stanley Classic Vacuum Insulated Growler – multiple color options available
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Ho Chi Minh – Navigos Search, a branch of Navigos Group Vietnam, is the newest recruitment agency in Vietnam. The platform specializes in seeking highly talented and top-performing professionals for industry-leading corporations.
The agency will have massive contributions to business success, as Vietnam is an excellent place to live while offering both career and business opportunities. By having a robust, strategic relationship with executive recruiting in the country, business leaders could build a continuous pool of quality, certified candidates based on their business requirements.
People are one of the most vital resources in a business. They could either help the company flourish or fail. However, through this headhunter agency Vietnam, business owners will be able to end up with candidates, which are fit for the vacant position.
Shortages of skilled employees within a company could postpone timelines and projects, not to mention that it can cause potential business loss as well. Organizations can experience various benefits through the new Vietnam job agency.
Navigos Search provides a new methodology to establish an efficient workforce. They call it Total Engagement that is created to work before, during, and after the recruiting process. It makes talent acquisition more operational and methodical.
Total Talent Engagement is smart about learning who can do a job, where those individuals are to be seen and what will encourage them to take action. The approach reaches unexploited sources of talent, including those people who aren't active on the market.
According to a spokesperson from the company, "Navigos Search brings together consultant teams that specialize in both specific functional fields and target industries. Our specialist consultants have comprehensive experience and connections in their particular fields. That guarantees we are fully aware of our clients' needs."
Currently, Navigos Search offers four different services: Contingency Search, Retained Search, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and Japan Desk.
Contingency Search involves potential screening candidates who best fit the needs. Retained Search is intended for roles that need specific expertise. RPO offers a complete outsourcing service bespoke for the unique talent-acquisition environment in the country. The latter specialized in presenting recruitment services for Japanese firms in the country.
Navigos Search is also a part of En Japan, a Japanese listed firm that runs in APAC under the brand name of En World. They have a presence in India, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, and Japan.
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Navigos Search is the frontrunner in connecting global corporations and internationally-minded candidates throughout the APAC region. They take pride in their Total Engagement approach, which is focused on establishing lasting employment relationships helping both organizations and their employees flourish.
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If you've been looking for a nice WebKit based web browser for Linux, Midori is a browser worth checking out. Although it's still in early stages of development (the current version is 0.2.5,) it provides a fairly complete set of features for a web browser.
Some of the more advanced features include user scripts and user styles. User scripts are similar to Greasemonkey scripts in Firefox.
A couple of reasons to try Midori are speed and standards compliance. Midori is one of the few browsers available that passes the Acid3 test for web standards.
When it comes to performance, Midori also does well in Google's V8 benchmark.
While those numbers may not look all that impressive, realize that the test was done on my netbook. Here's a screenshot of the Firefox 3.6.3 results for comparison.
Midori also has 14 extensions that are installed by default that can be activated through the side panel.
If you're looking for a speedy browser that is light on system resources, Midori may fit the bill for you. Give it a try. You can install Midori from the Ubuntu repositories with
or you can install the latest version from the project's git repository.


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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is carrying a suite of instruments including a $32 million University of Colorado Boulder package, has provided scientists with new information that energy from some solar flares is stronger and lasts longer than previously thought.
Using SDO's Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE instrument designed and built at CU-Boulder, scientists have observed that radiation from solar flares sometimes continues for up to five hours beyond the initial minutes of the main phase of a solar flare occurrence. The new data also show that the total energy from this extended phase of the solar flare peak sometimes has more energy than that of the initial event.
Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. Flares are our solar system's largest explosive events and are seen as bright areas on the sun. Their energy can reach Earth's atmosphere and affect operations of Earth-orbiting communication and navigation satellites.
"If we can get these new results into space weather prediction models, we should be able to more reliably forecast solar events and their effects on our communication and navigation systems on Earth," said CU-Boulder Senior Research Associate Tom Woods of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, who led the development of EVE. "It will take some time and effort, but it is important."
"Previous observations considered a few seconds or minutes to be the normal part of the flare process," said Lika Guhathakurta, lead program scientist for NASA's Living With a Star Program. "This new data will increase our understanding of flare physics and the consequences in near-Earth space where many scientific and commercial satellites reside."
On Nov. 3, 2010, a solar flare was observed by SDO. If scientists had only measured the effects of the solar flare as it initially happened, the information would have resulted in underestimating the amount of energy shooting into Earth's atmosphere by 70 percent. The new capability with SDO observations will provide a much more accurate estimation of the total energy input into Earth's environment.
"For decades, our standard for flares has been to watch the X-rays as they happen and see when they peak," said Woods, the principal author on a paper appearing in today's online edition of Astrophysical Journal. "That's our definition for when a flare goes off. But we were seeing peaks that didn't correspond to the X-rays."
Over the course of a year, the team used the EVE instrument to record graphs that map out each wavelength of light as it gets stronger, peaks and diminishes over time. EVE records data every 10 seconds, and thus EVE has observed numerous flares. Previous instruments only measured every hour and a half or didn't look at all the wavelengths simultaneously as SDO can.
"We are seeing something that is new and surprising about the physics of solar flares," said CU-Boulder doctoral student and paper co-author Rachel Hock. "When we looked at the observations from our instruments aboard SDO and compared them with our physical models, the results were consistent with each other," said Hock of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department. "That was good news to us."
Because this previously unrealized extra source of energy from the flare is equally important in its impact on Earth's atmosphere, Woods and his colleagues are now studying how the late phase flares can influence space weather. In addition to impacting communication and navigation systems, strong solar flares can influence satellite drag and the decay of orbital debris.
When the ionosphere of Earth is disturbed by solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the communication between Earth-based instruments and GPS satellites can degrade, said Woods. "If GPS positions on Earth are off by 100 feet or so because of disruption in the ionosphere, it wouldn't be a big deal for someone driving down a highway," he said. "But if a farmer is using GPS to help determine precisely where to plant particular seeds, that GPS signal error could make a big difference."
To complement the EVE graphical data, scientists used images from another SDO instrument called the Advanced Imaging Assembly, or AIA, built by Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif. Analysis of the images showed the main phase flare eruption and the secondary phase as exhibited by coronal loops or magnetic field lines far above the original flare site. These extra loops were longer and became brighter later than the original set and these loops were also physically set apart from those earlier ones.
SDO was launched on Feb. 11, 2010, and is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The advanced spacecraft provides images with clarity 10 times better than high-definition television and provides more comprehensive science data faster than any solar observing spacecraft in history.
EVE includes three spectrographs -- two built at CU-Boulder's LASP -- to measure the solar extreme ultraviolet radiation. By making measurements every 10 seconds at 10 times the resolution of previous instruments, EVE is providing scientists and space weather forecasters with the information to provide more accurate, real-time warnings of communications and navigation outages. "We can look at data every minute, 24 hours a day, to help us forecast what the sun is doing," said Woods.
LASP has a long history of making solar measurements dating back to the 1940s, even before NASA was formed, said Woods. LASP projects have ranged from designing, building and flying NASA's Solar Mesospheric Explorer Satellite, which measured the sun's effect on ozone production and destruction of ozone in the 1980s, to the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment, a $100 million NASA satellite designed, built and now being controlled by LASP to measure the effects of solar radiation on Earth's climate.
"We have a great tradition of working with students in all phases of our programs, starting with helping to design the instruments, helping to calibrate and test them as well as helping to operate them," said Woods. "Our primary focus is getting science results, and our students are helping with the data analysis for the EVE experiment."
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., built, operates and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. SDO is the first mission of NASA's Living with a Star Program, or LWS. The goal of LWS is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the connected sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society.
For more information and images visit www.nasa.gov/sunearth. For more information about the SDO mission and instruments visit www.nasa.gov/sdo.
For more background on EVE, including a 2010 CU-Boulder video news release, visit www.colorado.edu/news/r/6bdfc6752229166744cd4303b916fbe3.html. For more information on LASP visit lasp.colorado.edu/home/.


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So far I've made several delicious recipes replacing butter with olive oil, but how about baking cookies without neither? That is what made me curious about these cantuccini: the fat in them comes from the almonds and the eggs – no butter, no olive or canola oil – and the eggs, combined with the fruit juices, are also responsible for the moisture in the dough.
Just for the record: I have nothing against fat, much to the opposite – I feel lost without butter in my fridge and I use olive oil for cooking all the time – but I find it interesting to learn how to make delicious things without it.
This is a fairly simple recipe – no electric devices involved – and the cantuccini turned out very flavorsome from all the fruit zest and juice. These are not rock-hard and they benefit from some time in the cookie jar: the citrus flavor becomes more evident with time, making the cantuccini even tastier days after they were baked (if they last that long). ;)
Amaranth cantuccini
slightly adapted from the delicious Do-Ahead Dinners: How to Feed Friends and Family Without the Frenzy
200g all-purpose flour
50g amaranth flour
150g granulated sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
zest of 1 orange and juice of ½
zest and juice of ½ lemon
2 eggs, lightly beaten with a fork
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
150g almonds (skin on)
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F. Line a large baking sheet with foil.
Mix the flours, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the center. Throw in the orange and lemon juice and zest, eggs and vanilla, and mix together thoroughly. Stir in the almonds – the dough will be sticky.
With lightly floured hands, divide the dough into two pieces and roll each into slightly flattened sausage shapes, about 30cm (12in) long each. Transfer to the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes, then carefully peel off the foil.
Using a sharp knife and one firm cut, slice each log diagonally into 1cm slices, place them onto the sheet, side by side, and bake for 10 minutes or until golden. Turn the biscotti and bake until golden on the other side as well, about 8 minutes.
Cool completely, then store in airtight containers.
Makes about 35


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How Mandriva was built
Sacked developers, financial headaches and technology trials - a tough year for Mandriva
The distro now known as Mandriva has been making headlines since its inception - unfortunately not all of the press has been flattering. It's the distro the community first loved, and now just loves to hate.
Way before Ubuntu and the current slew of desktop-friendly distros - when running Linux on your desktop was a measure of your geek cred - the technologically challenged turned to Mandriva.
Over the years it grew in popularity, one man went on to form a firm - a company that would later show him the door.
But there's more to Mandriva than what goes on in the boardroom. It's still one of the easiest distros for Linux newbies. Sure, Mandriva's fortunes have been on a downward spiral for quite some time, but the new team has managed to shrug off cash-flow problems and technological traumas, and its latest release is filled to the brim with features.
A reversal of fortunes
Mandriva started life as Linux-Mandrake way back in 1998. The first version was based on Red Hat 5.1 and it was the first distro to bundle KDE's 1.0 release. Features such as the ability to auto-mount CDs without messing around with configuration files brought 'convenience' to Linux distros.
The project was a success and later that year lead developer Gaël Duval, along with a bunch of other developers, created MandrakeSoft. In 2001 the company decided to go public, announced an IPO (Initial Public Offering), and began trading on the Marché Libre exchange in Paris.
It faced its first major cash issue in late 2002 and asked its users to bail it out by subscribing to a paid service offering extra benefits, such as early access to releases and special editions. It wasn't enough and in January 2003 MandrakeSoft filed for "déclaration de cessation des paiements" - the French equivalent of bankruptcy protection.
At the end of 2003, MandrakeSoft announced its first quarterly profit and, in March 2004, a French court approved its plan to emerge from bankruptcy and return to normal operations.
By now Mandrake had grown popular enough to attract the attention of the US publisher Hearst Corporation, which owned the trademark of the comic-book character Mandrake the Magician. Hearst sued MandrakeSoft for trademark infringement in the distro's name, as well as for its hardware configuration tool Lothar, another of Hearst's characters. MandrakeSoft lost and was forced to concatenate Mandrake and Linux to Mandrakelinux and change its logo.
Over the years, MandrakeSoft acquired a host of companies. Of note, were Edge-IT, a French corporate support company that was to have a much larger impact on the distribution later on, and the Brazilian Linux distribution Conectiva, after which it changed the name of the company to Mandriva and its distribution's name to Mandriva Linux.
In 2006, after several more acquisitions, including the Lycoris distro and the enterprise software infrastructure company Linbox, Mandriva laid off several employees including Duval, the company's lead developer and co-founder. Amidst all the booing, the company continued spitting out distro releases and created a niche for itself in the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), as well as France and Italy.
It continued hovering among the top 10 distros on Distrowatch.com but struggled to keep its balance sheet in the black, even after a round of funding in 2007. In May 2010, Mandriva announced it was up for sale, claiming that "selling the enterprise was the only alternative to closing it down completely".
The following month, the company announced it had been saved, yet again, by new investors and in September Mandriva sold a controlling stake to a Russian company called NGI, and announced that while it intended to continue working on its server products in Europe, development of its desktop distro would be moved to one of the BRIC countries.
Following the deal, Mandriva liquidated its subsidiary Edge-IT and laid off its employees. It later emerged that many of the core Mandriva developers were technically employees of Edge-IT. Soon afterwards, those former employees forked Mandriva and created the non-commercial Mageia project.
The Mandriva community had in the past suggested that the distribution should be split in two, much like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, but the plans never materialised. In a blog post, Mandriva's then CEO Arnaud Laprévote assured users that "Mandriva is alive" and briefly mentioned new products, including Mandriva 2011, which was released on August 28 this year.
New team
After the sale to NGI, Mandriva's structure changed: the CEO was replaced by a board and Arnaud Laprévote took over as president. In July 2011 he was replaced by Dominique Loucougain. Alongside him, Dmitry Komissarov and Valentina Gorina make up the Mandriva board.
Komissarov is also CEO of the Russian firm PingWin Software, an active member of the Russian Association of Free Software. He explains that, as of now, there are three groups of developers working on Mandriva, in France, Brazil and Russia.
The Russian team, headed by ROSA Laboratories, focuses on the design elements of the distro and its interface. It employs UI designers and a large number of testers. The Brazilian team at Conectiva concentrates on the development of the platform, while the French team maintains infrastructure and provides support to installed systems in the enterprise and government. A team of developers from Russia and Brazil are also working on a new build-system for Mandriva.
Eugeni Dodonov from the Brazilian team was the release manager of Mandriva 2011, until he left for Intel in July 2011, and passed the baton on to Denis Koryavov of ROSA Labs. Komissarov insists that having a team of developers spread across three countries doesn't hinder development. He adds that although the Russian team was the last to join, having a clearly defined scope for all the teams not only helped them get started on Mandriva 2011 without any delay, but also helps them collaborate with each other.
This is evident from Dodonov's reply to a comment on the Mandriva blog, where he wrote that the Digikam photo manager, which was included in the early beta versions, was replaced by Shotwell on the request of ROSA Labs for design and usability concerns.
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